Conditions for admission to study in Bachelor degree study programmes implemented at the Faculty of Civil Engineering CTU in Prague
in the 2020/2021 academic year

The admission of applicants to Bachelor degree study programmes is regulated by the following documents:
Act No. 111/1998 Coll., on Higher Education Institutions and on Amendments and Supplements to some other Acts as amended, namely Act No. 188/2020 Coll. on special rules for education and decision-making at higher education institutions in 2020 and on the assessment of the study period for the purposes of other acts, the Statute of CTU in Prague, these "Conditions for Admission to Study in Bachelor Degree Study Programmes Implemented at the Faculty of Civil Engineering, CTU in Prague as amended" and the Dean´s Directive Public Announcement of the Admission Proceedings to Bachelor Degree Study Programmes Organised at the Faculty of Civil Engineering CTU in Prague in the 2020/2021 Academic Year as amended" (hereinafter "Dean´s Directive").

Conditions for admission to study in Bachelor degree study programmes:
1. Completion of full secondary or full secondary technical education.
2. Submission of a properly filled in application form by the 31st March 2020.
3. Submission of enclosures to the application form specified in the Dean´s Directive.
4. Gaining the minimum number of points in the entrance examination pursuant to par. 4.
5. In the case of foreign citizens (excluding applicants from the Slovak Republic) applying for study in a study programme taught in Czech, certification of their readiness to study in Czech in one of the ways specified in the Dean´s Directive.
6. In the case of applicants for study in a study programme taught in English, certification of their readiness to study in English in one of the ways specified in the Dean´s Directive.
The applicants who have complied with the above conditions will be admitted to study at the Faculty of Civil Engineering (hereinafter "FCE") in the order of their number of points gained in the entrance examination, maximally in numbers filling individual study programmes specified in par. 5 to capacity. If more applicants have the same number of points as the applicant in the last place, all these applicants will be admitted.
The entrance examination to the study programme of Architecture and Building Sciences consists of two parts:
- written part – Mathematics (test),
- graphic part – Architecture (submitted graphic works and substantiation of interest in studying architecture in a digital format).
The test in Mathematics covers secondary school subject matter as specified in the Dean´s Directive.
In the examination in Architecture, the applicants will submit 4 works created exclusively by the applicant:
- 1 motivation sheet to manifest the applicant´s interest in the study programme (e.g. a sheet entitled "Why have I chosen the programme of Architecture and Building Sciences?", a collage from photographs of favourite structures or interesting architectural details, etc.) – the content and form of the motivation sheet are unlimited, the applicant´s creative approach is assessed. The sheet must be created specifically for the admission proceedings (no school seminar projects or collages made for student competitions etc. will be assessed).
- 3 graphic works on topics related to architecture, urban planning or landscape produced by any graphic technique (freehand drawing is primarily preferred) manifesting the applicant´s ability to perceive and capture space. Outputs from computer programmes may account for max. 1/3 of presented works. The graphic works assessed exclude drawings from descriptive geometry and related pieces of drawing, architectural designs elaborated as school seminar projects and studio projects, drawings made within previous study in the programme of Architecture and Building Sciences.
The applicant shall further submit:
- declaration of the authorship of submitted works and confirmation of the truthfulness of communicated data by which the applicant proves their interest in the branch (a model can be found in the annex to this Measure).
- other background materials (at their discretion) to manifest the applicant´s interest in architecture and building sciences (mainly certificates of passing preparatory courses, awards for secondary school research activity, certificates of participation in student competitions, seminar projects, studio projects, etc.).
The assessment procedure of the examination in Architecture is specified by the Dean´s Directive.
The entrance examination to study programmes of Civil Engineering/Stavební inženýrství, Geodesy and Cartography, Building Engineering and Civil Engineering consists of one part:
- written part – Mathematics (test).
The test in Mathematics covers secondary school subject matter as specified in the Dean´s Directive. The applicants for study in the programme of Civil Engineering take their entrance examination in English.
The minimum number of points for the entrance examination necessary for admission to study:

study programme of Architecture and Building Sciences:
8 points for the examination in Mathematics (max. possible number of points: 20)
10 points for the examination in Architecture (max. possible number of points: 20)
study programmes of Civil Engineering/Stavební inženýrství, Civil Engineering, Geodesy and Cartography, Building Engineering:
8 points for the examination in Mathematics (max. possible number of points: 20)

The maximum numbers of students admitted to study:

in study programmes of	Architecture and Building Sciences	380
	Civil Engineering/Stavební inženýrství	1320
	Geodesy and Cartography	200
	Building Engineering	200
	Civil Engineering	50

In connection with the coronavirus crisis, the Dean of the Faculty of Civil Engineering hereby waives the entrance examination in Mathematics to all applicants for study in Bachelor degree study programmes implemented at the Faculty of Civil Engineering CTU in Prague in the 2020/2021 academic year.
The entrance examination waiver is not subject to special application.
All applicants whose entrance examination in Mathematics was waived and who reached the minimum number of points in the entrance examination in Architecture will be admitted to the study programme of Architecture and Building Sciences. All applicants whose entrance examination in Mathematics was waived will be admitted to the other study programmes.
While announcing the admission proceedings the Dean may condition the opening of some study programmes by minimum numbers of students registered for study in these study programmes.
Depending on the results of the admission proceedings the Dean may reduce the minimum numbers of points required for the successful passing of the entrance examination for individual study programmes.
The Dean may increase the maximum numbers of students admitted to study in individual study programmes as specified in par. 5, based on the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports limits for the numbers of financed students.
FCE does not accept application forms from applicants who were expelled from study at FCE CTU in a disciplinary proceeding under Art. 2 of the Disciplinary Code for the Students of CTU in Prague, or who terminated their study by withdrawing from study during an opened disciplinary proceeding, or who cheated during previous admissions proceedings to FCE.
The applicants who cheat during the admission proceedings will not be admitted to study at FCE. The decision whether an applicant cheated is at the Dean´s discretion.
The Dean may open an exceptional date of the entrance examination for other applicants for study. The announcement of an exceptional date of the entrance examination will be put up on the official FCE board and on the public part of the FCE web site.
The course of the admission proceedings, including the dates of entrance tests, is regulated by the Dean´s Directive.
These conditions were approved by the FCE Academic Senate on 6. 11. 2019.

In Prague on 6. 11. 2019

prof. Ing. Jiří Máca, CSc.
Faculty Dean

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The Addendum to the Conditions for admission to study in Bachelor degree study programmes implemented at the Faculty of Civil Engineering CTU in Prague in the 2020/2021 academic year was approved by the FCE Academic Senate on 6. 5. 2020.

Annex

DECLARATION OF THE AUTHORSHIP OF SUBMITTED WORKS AND CONFIRMATION OF THE TRUTHFULNESS OF COMMUNICATED DATA BY WHICH THE APPLICANT PROVES THEIR INTEREST IN STUDYING ARCHITECTURE

I, ................................,

Application form code: ................................,

competent to perform legal acts according to my statement, freely and seriously, definitely and intelligibly, I hereby make the following solemn declaration to the best of my knowledge and belief:

I declare that the graphic works, which I submit as the graphic part of the entrance examination to the Bachelor degree study programme of Architecture and Building Sciences, are the result of my own creative activity, which was not a joint creative activity with another person.
I confirm the truthfulness of the data included in the documents manifesting my interest in studying architecture.

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Applicant´s signature